...among others. "Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I would play with The Rolling Stones and George Harrison , one of The Beatles ," Leavell said. Leavell had the unique experience of playing with an impressive number of...

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As the founding drummer for the rock band Kiss , Peter Criss has been a role model for aspiring rock musicians for more than three decades. Now, Criss hopes to be a role model in another sense - to help raise the public's consciousness of...

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A healthy balance of the mind, body and spirit. Former Kiss Drummer Battled Breast Cancer Posted by Tiffany Sharples O'Callaghan Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 5:18 pm Peter Criss grew concerned after he noticed a small lump in his...

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News that former KISS drummer Peter Criss , he of the Catman persona, suffered breast cancer has provoked new interest in the subject of male breast cancer , a rare but potentially fatal tumor. Men have only a small amount of breast tissue...

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Gene Simmons , bass player for the band Kiss , performs during their performance at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel , N.J. on Tuesday, July 20, 2004. (AP Photo/Christopher Barth) Two things usually happen after I tell someone what I do...

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...we might as well have not even been there." So, does he have a point? Well, dramatic lede aside, Norris doesn't actually insist that Radiohead start churning out candy-coated Top 40 songs to compete with the likes of Miley Cyrus or the Jonas...

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...he said. "The more I messed with it, the bigger it got and the more it hurt, and that started really scaring me." The former Kiss drummer went to the doctor, underwent some tests and a surgical procedure to remove the lump. A week...

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...on songs like Street Fighting Man and the sleazy Stray Cat Blues swings with the kind of swagger that acts like the Black Crowes and Aerosmith have based their careers around. // 8 Lyrics and Singing: If you look up rock frontman in a music...

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...Depp's referencing of Keith Richards is pretty lame. Kenny Hotz Originally , we were going to do The Beatles vs. the Stones and I picked The Beatles. Spenny came to me freaking out: "I don't want to do this, this is stupid," because we...

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...Keating: 'I still feel crushed by Stephen 's death' Singer tells of his panic attacks and hits out at Jan Moir 's 'insensitive' column Boyzone singer Ronan Keating in London last week. Photograph: Richard Saker Ronan Keating has spoken...

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...a 137-page examination of the band , its accomplishments and its nearly unprecedented success. Advertisement Only the Beatles have sold more records worldwide. AC/DC , which started in 1973, has sold 200 million of them, 22 million...

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...he said. Williams and Take That returned to the stage with all the other artists to round off the show with a performance of The Beatles ' Hey Jude. Other acts on the bill included Leona Lewis , Lily Allen , Mika , Muse , Dizzee Rascal...

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...as well, but outsized song lengths (think the Grateful Dead , Allmans, Led Zep ), outsized emotions (the Who, U2 ), and outsized spectacle ( KISS , David Bowie ) have never been indispensable components of the Stones' music. It's not for nothing that...

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...as "one of the members," Perry denied Aerosmith would break up, saying the band was playing "hotter than ever." "You just can't take 40 years of experience and throw it in the bin!" At any rate, Perry is now focusing on his own...

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Boyzone plan to release a tribute single for Stephen Gately. Ronan Keating revealed to The Sun the band plan to remix a song they wrote with Mika so that it features the late singer's lead vocals. Ronan said: "We have voice files and can...

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" The Jacksons : A Family Dynasty," a new six-hour reality series that will focus on the surviving members of The Jackson Five as they prepare for a reunion concert while coming to terms with the death of their brother Michael Jackson , will...

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The video was for the single Better. Gately 's partner Andrew Cowles , with whom he was in a civil partnership, accepted the award on behalf of Boyzone. He said: "When Boyzone did their video a year ago it featured Stephen with another man.

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...campaign group Stonewall for the late Stephen Gately's contribution to raising awareness. Published: 7:00AM GMT 06 Nov 2009 Boyzone , with Stephen Gately in the centre Photo: GETTY IMAGES The band were named entertainers of the year at...

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